Structural features of sterols required to inhibit human sperm capacitation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1308-1317

  Nimmo, Matthew R ^a   Cross, Nicholas L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Fertilization; Sperm; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; COPROSTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; DIOSGENIN; ERGOSTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; STEREOISOMERISM; STEROLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037378645     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.008607     Document Type: Article

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